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Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (Police Barracks)

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1869–1870, J. H. Boggs; 1936–1937 and 1949 additions, Cletus W. Bergen; 1965 new entrance, Ralph S. Thomas. 201 Habersham St. (formerly 323 E. Oglethorpe Ave.)

The Police Barracks, one of the oldest actively used police facilities in the country, occupies a residual strip of land between the eastern edge of Colonial Park Cemetery (6.21) and Habersham Street. Its tripartite, three-story Italianate facade echoes the rhythmic patterns of nearby row houses. The building was expanded to the rear beginning in 1936 and in 1965 a new entrance was built facing Habersham Street, with the historic front entrances filled in with brick.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Colonial Park Cemetery
Habersham Hall, SCAD (Chatham County Jail)
Frederick Ball House
Savannah Fire Station No. 3
Columbia Square

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters (Police Barracks)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-6.22.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 118-118.

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